| Wichtigste Übersetzungen |
| question n | (query) | Frage Nf |
| | | Anfrage Nf |
| | I have a question about the procedure. |
| | Ich habe eine Frage zum Prozess. |
| question n | (matter, doubt) | Frage Nf |
| | | Zweifel Nm |
| | There are three questions that need to be resolved. |
| | Es gibt drei Fragen, die noch beantwortet werden müssen. |
| question n | (function of, matter of) | Frage Nf |
| | | Sache Nf |
| | The completion date was a question of time and money. |
| | Der Fertigstellungstermin war eine Frage der Zeit und des Geldes. |
| question [sb]⇒ vtr | (interrogate) (Verdächtiger) | jemanden verhören Vt |
| | (Zeuge) | jemanden befragen Vt |
| | The police questioned the suspect for five hours. |
| | Die Polizei verhörte den Verdächtigen fünf Stunden lang. |
| question [sth]⇒ vtr | (doubt) | etwas hinterfragen Vt, fix |
| | | etwas bezweifeln Vt |
| | He questioned the usefulness of the rule, but never asked anybody about it. |
| | Er hinterfragte die Nützlichkeit der Regel, fragte aber niemanden diesbezüglich. |
| Zusätzliche Übersetzungen |
| question n | (interrogative sentence) | Frage Nf |
| | Is that a statement or a question? |
| question n | (problem) | Frage Nf |
| | Should I go or not? That is the question. |
| question n | (proposition) | Vorschlag Nm |
| | The question will be the subject of a vote at the town meeting. |
| question n | (subject of dispute) | Frage Nf |
| | | Streitpunkt Nm |
| | (ugs, übertragen) | Zankapfel Nm |
| | The question of regional autonomy has never been resolved. |
| question n | (law: controversy) (Rechtswesen) | Frage Nf |
| | | Auseinandersetzung Nf |
| | | Streit Nm |
| | The question before the court today is whether habeas corpus applies here. |
| question⇒ vi | (ask questions) | Frage stellen Nf + Vt |
| | You are free to question and dispute, but nothing will change as a result. |
| question [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (inquire) | befragen Vt |
| | | interviewen Vt |
| | I questioned the actor for hours about his profession. |
| question [sth]⇒ vtr | (challenge) | sich mit jmdm anlegen Präp + Vr, sepa |
| | | gegen jmdn auflehnen Präp + Vr, sepa |
| | In some countries one can be imprisoned for questioning authority. |
Zusammengesetzte Wörter:
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| ask a question v expr | (make enquiry) | fragen Vt |
| | | nachfragen Vi, sepa |
| | The teacher said to her students, "If you don't understand the material, please ask a question!". |
| ask [sb] a question v expr | (want to know [sth]) | jemanden fragen Vt |
| | | jemandem eine Frage stellen Rdw |
| | My young daughter asks me a lot of questions. |
| beg the question v expr | informal (invite obvious question) | die Frage stellen VP |
| | | die Frage aufwerfen VP |
| | Seeing Tyler in his flash new car begs the question: where did he get the money? |
| bring [sth] into question v expr | (cast doubt on [sth]) | [etw] in Frage stellen Rdw |
| | | anzweifeln Vt, sepa |
call [sth] into question,
call into question [sth] v expr | (cast doubt on [sth]) | [etw] in Frage stellen VP |
| | | etwas hinterfragen Vt, fix |
| | This discovery calls into question historians' previous assumptions. |
cross-examine [sb],
cross-question [sb]⇒ vtr | (law: interrogate witness) | jmdn ins Kreuzverhör nehmen VP |
| | | jmdn verhören Vt |
| | | jmdn befragen Vt |
| direct question n | (interrogative sentence) | direkte Frage Adj + Nf |
| | A question mark always comes at the end of a direct question. |
| follow-up question n | (additional enquiry) | Zusatzfrage Nf |
| in answer to your question expr | (in reply to you) (persönlich) | was deine Frage betrifft Rdw |
| | (formell) | was Ihre Frage betrifft Rdw |
| | In answer to your question, no, he's not married. |
| in question adv | (being considered or discussed) | besprochen V Part Perf |
| | | besagt V Part Perf |
| | The judge noted that the legal precedent in question was quite tenuous. |
| in question adv | (being disputed) | zur Debatte stehen Rdw |
| | | fraglich Adv |
| | The legality of assisted suicide is in question in many countries. |
| leading question n | (question that suggests answer) | Suggestivfrage Nf |
| open-ended question n | (question with many possible answers) | offene Frage Adj + Nf |
| | | ungeklärte Frage Adj + Nf |
| | | Frage, die nicht mit Ja und Nein beantwortet werden kann Rdw |
| | The teacher told the students to ask open-ended questions. |
| out of the question adj | (not possible or permitted) | nicht in Frage kommen Rdw |
| | | nicht zur Debatte stehen Rdw |
| | (formell) | außer Frage stehen Rdw |
| | It is out of the question for a twelve year old to go to a night club! |
| pop the question v expr | slang (propose marriage to [sb]) (umgangssprachlich, vage) | jemanden fragen Pron + Vt |
| | | einen Heiratsantrag machen Rdw |
| | When will he ever pop the question? They've been dating for so long. |
| pose a question v expr | (ask [sth], make an enquiry) | eine Frage stellen Rdw |
| | | eine Frage in den Raum werfen Rdw |
| | One of the reporters posed a question about the Prime Minister's reaction to recent events in Spain. |
| pose a question v expr | (raise an issue) | in Frage stellen Rdw |
| | | anzweifeln Vt, sepa |
| | This defeat poses a question about the team's ability to defend. |
| question at issue n | (matter being discussed) | Frage Nf |
| | That's good to know … but the question at issue is entirely different. |
| question mark n | (interrogative punctuation symbol) | Fragezeichen Nn |
| | A written sentence that is a question must end with a question mark. |
| question mark n | figurative (element of doubt) | in Frage stellen Rdw |
| | | dahingestellt V Part Perf |
| | | fragwürdig Adj |
| | There's a question mark over his ability to manage the team. |
| | Seine Fähigkeit, das Team zu leiten, wird noch in Frage gestellt. |
| | ⓘDieser Satz ist keine Übersetzung des englischen Satzes. Es sei noch dahingestellt, ob er die Fähigkeit besitzt, das Team zu leiten. |
| question tag n | (interrogative ending to a sentence) | Fragezeichen Nn |
| | In English, a question tag consists of an auxiliary verb and a pronoun. |
| raise a question v expr | (ask [sth], enquire) | eine Frage stellen Rdw |
| | Mark raised a difficult question during the meeting and nobody wanted to answer it. |
| raise a question v expr | (pose an issue) | eine Frage aufwerfen Rdw |
| | The report raises the question of how to deal with the unemployed. |
| rhetorical question n | (statement in form of a question) | rhetorische Frage Adj + Nf |
| tag question n | (interrogative ending to a sentence) | Bestätigungsfrage Nf |
| there is no question interj | (it is indisputable) | Das ist nicht zu bezweifeln Int |
| | | Da bestehen keine Zweifel Int |
| | | ohne Frage Int |
| | He's an evil man; there is no question. |
there is no question,
there is no question (that/of) expr | (it is indisputable that) | es ist nicht zu bezweifeln, dass VP |
| | | es bestehen keine Zweifel daran, dass VP |
| | There is no question many citizens resent paying taxes. |
| trick question n | ([sth] asked to mislead or incriminate [sb]) | Fangfrage Nf |